The Presidential Crisis

by J. Orlin Grabbe

The U.S. Presidential election looms in November,
U.S. troops are poised to strike at Iran, and we have a coke-
head President struggling to hold on to the loyalty of the
Democratic party. It is not a pretty picture when it comes to
national security.

As previously reported, the troops being amassed in
Saudia Arabia include the elite units of the 101 Airborne.
These units constitute our finest military force--one step above
the Delta force. If what appears to be the current plan goes
forward, they will be used to strike at Iranian terrorist camps
in reaction to the Syrian-inspired bombing of U.S. soldiers in
Saudia Arabia, the Syrian-inspired western states blackout in
early July, and the Syrian-inspired downing of TWA 800. It
would not surprise me to see our government bomb Iran for
something Syria did. But such an action directed at Iran will
not prevent further Syrian terrorist actions in the U.S.

If we are to believe our government, every American
who possesses an ax is a potential terrorist. The government
says a tree fell on a power line and caused the western states
blackout in early July. I wonder what explanation will be
contrived to explain the western states blackout this past
weekend, on August 10. Why does the government not admit
that a western power station was blown up? And what about
those two water stations destroyed in the eastern half of the
United States? The FBI was notified in advance by the group
responsible for the July western states blackout and for the
downing of TWA Flight 800. Why hasn't the FBI made this
information public?

The FBI scenario for the crash of TWA Flight 800
gets more ever more convoluted with time. Each new
"revelation" has to remain consistent with the previous day's
lie. It is a sad commentary on public and media perception
when Gary Aldrich is held to be a consummate liar, while
Louis Freeh is held to be a virtuous truth-teller. (Invert those
perceptions, and you will have something closer to actual
fact.) But Liar Louis's days are numbered. Someone hacked
his payroll account and terminated his employment--at least as
far as the payroll computer in Oklahoma is concerned. Louis
won't say very much about it, however. After all, as the
computer says: The FBI is not a chartered organization. If
Louis takes the case to court, he will lose his pension.

Robert Strauss is upset that news of his leading a
Democratic delegation to ask Bill Clinton to resign or to
withdraw his name as Presidential nominee has leaked out.
After all, 1) the Democratics wanted to keep the information
secret until after the Republican convention; 2) Strauss didn't
want it publicized he had lost his temper; and 3) when Clinton
withdraws one way or another, the angry Clinton-lovers will
hold Strauss responsible. But none of this has anything to do
with the fact of the meeting, and with the fact that Strauss was
acting in the best interests of his country when he led the
delegation in the first place. Strauss is a hero. He and the
other Democrats at that meeting are committed to the removal
of the President. In addition to their concern about a coke-
head President in charge of military strategy and the nuclear
button, they also know that if Clinton were to stay on and
continue as President for another term, some of them would
become targets of White House recrimination and candidates
for Arkacide.

Meanwhile the Republicans have cheered Dole's
choice of Jack Kemp for running mate. Does this mean that,
with the coming departure of Dole, the Republicans are
planning to run Kemp for President, and to select someone
else for Vice-President?